Senate Majority Leader John Thune was in Yankton Friday to speak with AP Government Students at the Yankton High School. Thune, who has spoken with several YHS AP Government classes over the years, says he relishes the opportunity to visit with the younger generation about politics and what's on their minds. Thune also...

The City of Yankton continued an annual Arbor Day tradition of planting a tree at a park in Yankton. City of Yankton Urban Forrest Specialist Lisa Kortan, says they planted 5 Black Hills Spruce trees at Fantle Memorial Park. Kortan says this year marks Yankton's 43rd year as a Tree City, USA.

Jan Mattes has been named the 2025-2026 Yankton School District Teacher of the Year. Mattes, who is an English and Spanish teacher at the Yankton High School, says the recognition is rewarding to her. The school district also announced Middle School Head Custodian Candi Barge as the Employee of the Year and Trailhead L...

Mount Marty Baseball begins their final series of the regular season this afternoon with a doubleheader against Dakota Wesleyan. The Lancers and Tigers are currently battling for the final spot in the GPAC tournament, with both teams entering the four-game series 8-16 in league play. As it stands, Dakota Wesleyan is th...

The Mount Marty Lancers claimed a pair of event victories yesterday at their home Twilight meet at Williams Field. Mya Zohner led the Lancers in individual competition, winning the women's pole vault by clearing 12-4 3/4ths. The Lancers took four of the top eight spots in the event, with Paige Clausen taking 3rd, Whitn...

The Yankton Bucks and O'Gorman Knights split their Class A Baseball doubleheader last night at Riverside Field in Yankton. The Knights took a 6-2 victory in game one, holding Yankton to two hits as a team, one from Easton Feser and one from Christian Weier. The Bucks scored 4 runs in the bottom of the first inning in g...

A 17-year-old suspect is in custody following a targeted shooting at the Mall of Louisiana that claimed the life of an innocent bystander and injured ...

In a predawn vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate moved ahead with a Republican-backed budget resolution that would direct about $70 billion to Immigration ...

In a significant shift for international relations, the current administration has initiated a new round of high-level negotiations aimed at securing ...

George Kirby won his third consecutive start, Josh Naylor hit a solo home run and the Seattle Mariners beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Friday night

LeBron James scored 29 points, including a tying 3-pointer with 13 seconds left in regulation, Marcus Smart had eight points in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers took advantage of a Houston Rockets team missing Kevin Durant for a 112-108 win Friday n...

Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ryan McMahon, Ben Rice and José Caballero homered and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to seven games with a 12-4 win over the Houston Astros

A newly published Hot 100 roundup revisits Michael Jackson's biggest singles and shows just how broad his chart run was. The ranking tracks 50 songs a...

Dave Mason, the English guitarist, singer, and songwriter who helped launch Traffic in the late 1960s, has died at 79. His death was announced this we...

An unreleased version of the song With This Tear has been issued from Prince's archive. The recording features Prince performing the track, which he o...